Spiky Bugger
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I’m still recovering from my bout with 4th cranial nerve palsy. HUGE improvement, but…my vision is still weird, making me seasick from time to time. Doctor said, “See you in three months.” It’s been six weeks, so I’m almost halfway there. Not seeing well means difficulty balancing, walking, etc. So the PT dude is here twice a week for a while. Not just for walking and balance but he knows eye exercises, too. That’s good.
Then my house is lopsided. Interviewed lots of contractors. The strangest was the guy who…pay attention here…repairs foundations of houses, houses on RAISED foundations, with a crawlspace…but who wanted $250 so he could pay a guy to crawl under the house. “Why?” you ask? Oh. Because he’s claustrophobic and doesn’t feel comfortable in enclosed spaces…like under houses. So, guess who DIDN’T get the job!
The place that DID get the job will start next Friday. My walls will probably crack. Tile, even my new tile, may go south. All this because it needs to be raised about an inch, And it will cost thousands and not add, visually, to the value of the house.
And the pool. The ugly, way too big and even WAY-ER too deep pool, still has its original 1959 plaster, which is coming off. We HAVE TO do something. We decided that in addition to new plaster, we want the entire pool to be 3.5‘-4’ deep. Right now, it has only a few feet that are that shallow and it drops right down to 9.5’-10’ deep. Hard to walk in water that deep. One bid is for $21k and another is for $54k. Maybe I’m not communicating well?
Finally, my poor sister. She’s not doing well with widowhood…or the 21st Century. She FINALLY got set up with a video appt w/a psychologist. (I have to help her with her first video appt.). It’s next week. But today, she went to an in person visit, with a different, out-of-network shrink, $200, and thinks maybe she can do this in 2-3 visits. OR at the same time she’s “seeing” the video shrink. She confuses me. But she’s an adult, so I can’t make her do it my way.
My eyes are done now. They hate this.
I hope you are ALL doing as well as possible during these difficult times.
Then my house is lopsided. Interviewed lots of contractors. The strangest was the guy who…pay attention here…repairs foundations of houses, houses on RAISED foundations, with a crawlspace…but who wanted $250 so he could pay a guy to crawl under the house. “Why?” you ask? Oh. Because he’s claustrophobic and doesn’t feel comfortable in enclosed spaces…like under houses. So, guess who DIDN’T get the job!
The place that DID get the job will start next Friday. My walls will probably crack. Tile, even my new tile, may go south. All this because it needs to be raised about an inch, And it will cost thousands and not add, visually, to the value of the house.
And the pool. The ugly, way too big and even WAY-ER too deep pool, still has its original 1959 plaster, which is coming off. We HAVE TO do something. We decided that in addition to new plaster, we want the entire pool to be 3.5‘-4’ deep. Right now, it has only a few feet that are that shallow and it drops right down to 9.5’-10’ deep. Hard to walk in water that deep. One bid is for $21k and another is for $54k. Maybe I’m not communicating well?
Finally, my poor sister. She’s not doing well with widowhood…or the 21st Century. She FINALLY got set up with a video appt w/a psychologist. (I have to help her with her first video appt.). It’s next week. But today, she went to an in person visit, with a different, out-of-network shrink, $200, and thinks maybe she can do this in 2-3 visits. OR at the same time she’s “seeing” the video shrink. She confuses me. But she’s an adult, so I can’t make her do it my way.
My eyes are done now. They hate this.
I hope you are ALL doing as well as possible during these difficult times.
group hug for everybody!!
